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Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray 



Sterna acuticauda J. E. Gray, Illustrations of Indian zoology, vol. 

 1, pt. 6, Apr. 1, 1831, pi. 70, fig. 3 (Kanpur, Kanpur District, 

 Uttar Pradesh State, India). 

 Range: Reported only from the rivers Mae Khong (north as far as 

 Chiang Rai) and Mae Ping (mainly below the Gorges) . 



Sterna anaethetus anaethetus Scopoli 



Sterna {Anaethetus) Scopoli, Deliciae florae et faunae insubricae, 

 pt. 2, 1786, p. 92 (Panay Island, Philippine Islands, ex 

 Sonnerat) , 

 Range: Reported from numerous islets of the Inner Gulf off Chon 

 Buri. 



Sterna fuscata nubilosa Sparrman 



Sterna nubilosa Sparrman, Museum carlsonianum, fasc. 3, 1788, 

 No. 63, pi. 63 C'Finlandia," error; type locality corrected to 

 "India orientalis," ex Sundevall, by Stresemann, Orn. Monatsb., 

 jahrg. 31, 1923, p. 41). 

 Range: Reported from the Inner Gulf off the coast of Phet Buri. 



Sterna albifrons sinensis Gmelin 



[Sterna] sinensis Gmelin, Caroli a Linne . . . Systema naturae, 

 ed. 13, tom. 1, pars 2, 1789, p. 608 (China). 

 Range: Reported along the eastern coast from Chanthaburi to 

 Pattani and on the western coast from Phuket. 



Sterna albifrons saundersi Hume 



Sterna Saundersi Hume, in Butler, Stray Feathers, vol. 5, Nos. 

 3-4, August 1877, pp. 324, 325, 326 (Karachi, West Pakistan). 

 Range: A visitor from the West, reported on migration or in winter 

 from the southern peninsular provinces (Trang) . 



Sterna bergii cristata Stephens 



Sterna cristata Stephens, in Shaw, General zoology, vol. 13, pt. 1, 

 February 1826, p. 146 ("China; and many of the south-eastern 

 islands of Asia"; type locality restricted to China, by Strese- 

 mann, Nov. Zool., vol. 21, 1914, p. 57). 

 Range: Reported along the eastern coast from Chon Buri to Nakhon 

 Si Thammarat. 



Sterna bergii velox Cretzschmar 



Sterna Velox Cretzschmar, in Riippell, Atlas zu der Reise im 

 nordlichen Afrika, abth. 1, Zoologie, hft. 5, 1827, p. 21, pi. 13 

 ("die Kiisten des rothen Meeres"). 

 Range: Reported along the western coast (Satun). 



